AP European History / Unit 8: 20th-Century Global Conflicts
8.8 World War II
Notes
Germany invaded Poland (1939). Blitzkrieg conquered much of Europe; the Battle of Britain (1940); the invasion of the USSR (1941); Stalingrad (1942–43); D-Day (1944); Germany surrendered in May 1945.
Practice
Blitzkrieg meant:
Lightning war.
The Battle of Stalingrad:
Turning point.
D-Day (June 6, 1944) was the Allied invasion of:
Western Front opened.
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